Wow... Just wow... If ya can pull this off, it will be the best PBG build I've ever seen!
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Wow... Just wow... If ya can pull this off, it will be the best PBG build I've ever seen!
Big thanks for the warm reception everyone . . . your encouragement does help enormously.
Still lots of thinking, planning, drafting & work to do - but we're all used to that!
? GGP: there WILL now be a TILT warning light (which I'd overlooked!)
? Fretworn: not sure what a 3 x 3 neck is but I really only like slimlines.
? Andy: ta for suggesting a smashed mirror. I have safety acrylic mirror on hand.
Now it's off to the drawing board . . . again.
The 3x3 refers to there being 3 machine heads a side on the headstock as opposed to 6 inline like you have on the headstock from the ST-1 kit.
Ah, of course - I'm a scatterbrain at times.Quote:
/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from DanMade on November 1, 2013, 20:10
The 3x3 refers to there being 3 machine heads a side on the headstock as opposed to 6 inline like you have on the headstock from the ST-1 kit.
Yeah, the plan is to enlarge/modify the headstock as a wide 3 x 3 proportioned as per an old pinball backbox/headbox (see rough drawing).
Modicum of progress: drafted up 1:1 plans for the build . . .
The old drawing board . . .
Pic is the 1:1 scale plan with a couple of bits & pieces placed on it for consideration.
There'll be a lot of the old "put & look" method to decide what goes where and how etc. etc.
I have collected most of the non-kit materials and begun cutting them to size using this plan for reference (no one plans to fail - they fail to plan) jeepers, I hope that's right?
Still lots of things to finalise and sort out but at least I'm starting to have some fun . . .
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...12m-PW-004.JPG
This build diary promises to be (wait for it)... An Amazing Journey....
Certainly we can expect Sparks to fly...
I think it's alright, yes I think it's alright...
I'll stop now...
http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/...-wizard/150920
Time to start practicing, so you will be ready for when it is finished.
Ooh, thanks for that!Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Fretworn on November 14, 2013, 10:11
http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/...-wizard/150920
Time to start practicing, so you will be ready for when it is finished.
Thanks for the link guys - I have printed off the chart for my own edification.
I had already started learning this piece in anticipation of the inevitable requests which will crop up when the guitar is completed.
I will say in all humility that I DO play a Mean Pinball . . . B-A-D-E (and all that sus4 jazz)
I will also say that I DON'T play a mean guitar . . . more like B-A-D.
I've been learning from You-tube Guitar Lessons 365 which also seems correct to me?
By the time the project is finished I should be able to play a fair semblance of it (I hope)
Quick update:
More drafting work to ascertain fit of the various components etc (see pic)
Much better to f--- up on paper than on the real deal.
So far I've spent more time brainstorming and nutting things out than making any tangible progress.
This will change soon (he said)
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...6wh-PW-007.JPG